Lindsay Jones (composer)

At the age of three, he moved to Laurinburg, North Carolina,{{cite news |title=Pursues Indian Studies At St. Andrews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4836661/pursues_indian_studies_at_st_andrews/ |newspaper=The Robesonian |location=Lumberton, N.C. |date=May 6, 1973 |page=4A |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} before finally moving to Winston-Salem, North Carolina at the age of eight, where he would spend the rest of his childhood. He attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and received a BFA in Acting.{{cite web|title=UNCSA grad gives students a tour of sound design|date=21 December 2014 |url=http://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/the_arts/performing_arts/uncsa-grad-gives-students-a-tour-of-sound-design/article_e25794b8-879c-11e4-93ea-f38deddfb3e2.html|publisher=Winston-Salem Journal}}

In 2017, Lindsay was inducted into the inaugural class of his alma mater’s Richard J. Reynolds High School Arts Hall Of Fame in Winston-Salem, NC.{{Cite web |last=Chronicle |first=W. S. |date=2017-09-21 |title=Reynolds inducts 13 into Arts Hall of Fame |url=https://wschronicle.com/know-father-weeping/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=WS Chronicle |language=en-US}}

Jones began his career in sound design and composition for theatre in 1994 when he was asked to design a production of "Suburbia" for Roadworks Productions in Chicago.

Jones has worked in both Broadway and off-Broadway theatre. His Broadway credits include Slave Play (2020),{{Cite web |last=Lampert-Gréaux |first=Ellen |date=2020-11-17 |title=Lindsay Jones' Tony-Nominated Sound Design For Slave Play {{!}} Live Design Online |url=https://www.livedesignonline.com/business-people-news/lindsay-jones-tony-nominated-sound-design-for-slave-play |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.livedesignonline.com |language=en}} The Nap (2018), Bronx Bombers (2014),{{Cite web |title=Celebrate Opening Night of Bronx Bombers with Honorary Yankees Peter Scolari, Tracy Shayne & More |url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/bronx-bombers/photos/celebrate-opening-night-of-bronx-bombers-with-honorary-yankees-peter-scolari-tracy-shayne-more/196343/bronx-bombers-opening-op-lindsay-jones |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}} and A Time to Kill (2013).{{Cite web |date=2017-10-19 |title=A Time To Kill to close on 17 Nov 2013 |url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/a-time-to-kill-to-close-on-17-nov-2013 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=New York Theatre Guide |language=en}} He is one of only five individuals in Tony Awards history to have received nominations for both Best Sound Design of a Play and Best Original Score.{{Cite web |last=Fierberg |first=Ruthie |last2=McPhee |first2=Ryan |last3=Meyer |first3=Dan |title=What’s Bizarre About the 2020 Tony Nominations? |url=https://playbill.com/article/whats-bizarre-about-the-2020-tony-nominations |website=Playbill}} Jones’ work has also been featured in major regional theatres across the United States, with more than 600 productions to his credit.{{Cite web |last=TSDCA |date=2016-01-01 |title=Interview: Lindsay Jones |url=https://tsdca.org/2016/01/interview-lindsay-jones/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=TSDCA |language=en-US}}

Notable off-Broadway works have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, MCC, and Primary Stages. He has also contributed to productions at renowned international theatres such as the Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End, the Royal Shakespeare Festival in the UK, Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh, Scotland), Market Theater (Johannesburg, South Africa), Baxter Theatre (Cape Town, South Africa), Standard Theatre (Harare, Zimbabwe), and the English Theatre (Vienna, Austria){{cite web |title=Lauren Blumenfeld to Star in RICH GIRL at The Old Globe; |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/article/Lauren-Blumenfeld-to-Star-in-RICH-GIRL-at-The-Old-Globe-Full-Cast-Announced-20150429 |access-date=29 October 2015 |publisher=BroadwayWorld.com}} and the Stratford Festival in Canada.{{cite web|title=Point Source Audio Mics Worked Wonders For Sound Designer|url=http://livedesignonline.com/briefing-room/point-source-audio-mics-worked-wonders-sound-designer|publisher=Live Design|access-date=29 October 2015}} His most recent work in the West End includes his London debut with Slave Play at the Noël Coward Theatre (June 29, 2024 - September 21, 2024).{{cite web|title=Lindsay Jones|url=http://www.lct.org/shows/people/lindsay-jones/|publisher=Lincoln Center Theater}}{{cite web|title=Lindsay Jones|url=http://www.steppenwolf.org/Plays-Events/productions/bio.aspx?id=624&crewId=926|publisher=Steppenwolf Theatre Company|access-date=2015-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080620/http://www.steppenwolf.org/Plays-Events/productions/bio.aspx?id=624&crewId=926|archive-date=2015-12-08|url-status=dead}}

Jones made his Broadway debut on October 20, 2013 with the production of "A Time To Kill" at the Golden Theatre, providing both original music and sound design.{{cite web|title=A Time to Kill': EW review|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/10/22/time-kill-ew-review|website=EW.com}}{{cite web|title=Review Roundup: 'A Time to Kill'|url=http://www.newyork.com/articles/broadway/review-roundup-a-time-to-kill-04493/|website=NewYork.com}} His second show on Broadway was "Bronx Bombers" at Circle in the Square Theatre,{{cite web|title=BSMC Debut For Sound Designer Lindsay Jones|url=http://livedesignonline.com/masterclasses/bsmc-debut-sound-designer-lindsay-jones|publisher=Live Design}} with its first performance on January 10, 2014.{{cite web|title=Yankees Drama Bronx Bombers Will Transfer to Broadway; Peter Scolari Joins Cast|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/yankees-drama-bronx-bombers-will-transfer-to-broadway-peter-scolari-joins-c-210801|website=Playbill.com}} Jones has designed and composed for nearly 60 plays off-Broadway. He has designed and composed for over 500 plays at regional theaters across the United States.

In addition, Jones collaborated in 2009 and 2010 with Bill T. Jones (no relation) and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company on a special multimedia dance concert entitled "Fondly Do We Hope, Fervently Do We Pray", based on the life of Abraham Lincoln.{{cite web|title=Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray|url=http://newyorklivearts.org/download/complete_works.pdf}} This show played many performances across the United States as well as around the world. The 2011 documentary film "A Good Man" was created about the artistic process of this project.{{cite web|title=Bill T. Jones: A Good Man|date=21 July 2011 |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/bill-t-jones-a-good-man-about-the-documentary-film/1863/|publisher=PBS}}

In October 2020, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Tony Award for Best Sound Design for his work on Slave Play.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/theater/tony-nominees.html|title=Full List of the 2020 Tony Award Nominees|website=The New York Times|first=Peter|last=Libbey|date=October 15, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020}}

Lindsay Jones has created original scores for over 35 film and television projects. {{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=“Slave Play’s” Tony Nominee Lindsay Jones Talks Scoring & Sound Design |url=https://unblockthemusic.blog/2022/01/13/slave-plays-tony-nominee-lindsay-jones-talks-scoring-sound-design/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Un-Block The Music |language=en}}His film credits include The View From Tall, Ash, and The Brass Teapot, along with television series such as Family Practice (Lifetime Television). Jones’ recent film projects include Dinosaur Discoveries and Surviving the Sleepover, a film that premiered on Lifetime Television on March 23, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Burdette |first=Chad |date=2023-01-16 |title=Interview With MARVEL WASTELANDERS Composer Lindsay Jones |url=https://comic-watch.com/news/interview-with-marvel-wastelanders-composer-lindsey-jones |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Comic Watch |language=en-US}}

His first major success in film came with the release of the 2005 documentary film A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, directed by Eric Simonson and produced for HBO Films.{{cite web|title=Lauren Blumenfeld to Star in RICH GIRL at The Old Globe; Full Cast Announced!|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-diego/article/Lauren-Blumenfeld-to-Star-in-RICH-GIRL-at-The-Old-Globe-Full-Cast-Announced-20150429|website=Broadway World.com}} The movie went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and Jones' score was described by a reviewer as "very varied and poignant" and "a great setting for Corwin's persona".

Other films that Jones has scored includes: The Brass Teapot (directed by Ramaa Mosley), Defamation, Hollywood Forever, Mary, Ash, Grace, KinShip, Los Desaparecidos, Asparagus! Stalking The American Life, Urban Scrawls, American Passport, Armed Response, Alfred Mann, and Cleave Land.

He made his television scoring debut with Family Practice on the Lifetime Network, produced by Sony Television.{{cite web|title=2010 Ovation Nominee Profile: Lindsay Jones|url=http://thisstage.la/2010/12/2010-ovation-nominee-profile-lindsay-jones/|publisher=This Stage Magazine}}

Jones recently made his first entry into scoring video games with The Digits: Fraction Blast.

Jones has created music for a number of commercials including Martha Stewart/Staples, Nike, the Life Foundation and the audio logo for Dow Microbial Control. In addition, an excerpt of Jones's sound design for "Fondly Do We Hope, Fervently Do We Pray" was featured on the CBS telecast of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors.

Jones has also appeared as himself in the 2011 documentary film A Good Man.

He has composed original scores for projects such as Star Wars: Tempest Breaker (Penguin/Random House) and Marvel Wastelanders (Marvel), which stars Susan Sarandon, Timothy Busfield, and Stephen Lang. He is the in-house composer and sound designer for The Imagine Neighborhood, a podcast produced by the Committee For Children, and for Play On Podcasts, a series from Next Chapter Podcasts.{{Cite web |last=Scotty |date=2020-05-24 |title=Make Things Right |url=https://www.imagineneighborhood.org/post/make-things-right |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Imagineneighborhood |language=en}} Jones has also worked on audio dramas including A Streetcar Named Desire (starring Audra McDonald) for Audible,{{Cite web |title=A Streetcar Named Desire |url=https://archive.wtfestival.org/main-events/a-streetcar-named-desire/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Williamstown Theatre Festival |language=en-US}} Wormwood (featuring Kevin Kline), and Hamlet for KPBS/The Old Globe.{{Cite web |title=Hamlet: On the Radio {{!}} The Old Globe |url=https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/20-21-season/hamlet-on-the-radio/?id=41803 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.theoldglobe.org}}

Lindsay Jones has taught and/or lectured at Yale University, Northwestern University, The Theatre School at DePaul University, The National High School Institute and Chicago Academy for the Arts.

• Signal Award (2024) – Best Original Score/Music, As You Like It (Next Chapter Podcasts){{Cite web |title=Signal Awards |url=https://www.nextchapterpodcasts.com/signal |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Next Chapter Podcasts |language=en-US}}
• Ambie Award (2024) – Best Original Score/Music, Othello (Next Chapter Podcasts){{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=The winners of The Ambies - The Podcast Academy’s fourth annual awards for excellence in audio |url=https://podnews.net/press-release/ambies-winners-2024 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=podnews.net |language=en}}
• Signal Award (2023) – Best Original Score/Music, Othello (Next Chapter Podcasts){{Cite web |last=Lester |first=Marilyn |date=2024-06-05 |title=Play On Shakespeare Announces Its Summer 2024 Season - |url=https://nitelifeexchange.com/play-on-shakespeare-announces-its-summer-2024-season/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |language=en-US}}
• Joseph Jefferson Award (2014) – Best Sound Design, Grounded (American Blues Theater){{Cite web |date=2014-10-13 |title=The 2014 Equity Jeff Award winners are… |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/10/13/the-2014-equity-jeff-award-winners-are/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}
• 2010 Ovation Awards– Best Sound Design, Through The Night (Geffen Playhouse)

Jones has received seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and twenty-three nominations,{{cite web|title=2015 EQUITY JEFF AWARD NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS|url=http://www.jeffawards.org/nominees/nominees.cfm?div=1}}{{cite web|title=Paramount leads Equity Jeff noms its first season in the mix|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/news/ct-equity-jeff-nominations-2015-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune}}

• Tony Award (2020) Best Score, Slave Play (Golden Theatre){{Cite web |title=Lindsay Jones Tony Awards Wins and Nominations |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardspersoninfo.php?nomname=Lindsay%20Jones |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.broadwayworld.com}}
• Tony Award (2020) – Best Sound Design of a Play, Slave Play (Golden Theatre){{Cite web |title=Slave Play |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/shows/slave-play/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.tonyawards.com |language=en-US}}
• Helen Hayes Award (2018) – Sound Design, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.){{Cite news |date=2018-02-06 |title=Nominations for the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/nominations-for-the-2018-helen-hayes-awards/2018/02/05/235e8ea4-0aac-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
• Barrymore Award (2016) – Best Sound Design, Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (Arden Theatre, Philadelphia){{Cite web |last=Markowitz |first=Joel |date=2016-10-24 |title=Here are the 2016 Barrymore Award Winners |url=https://dctheaterarts.org/2016/10/24/2016-barrymore-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=DC Theater Arts |language=en-US}}
• Drama Desk Award (2011) – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons)
• ASCAP Plus Awards{{cite web|title=Lindsay Jones|url=http://www.goodmantheatre.org/artists-archive/creative-partners/designers/lindsay-jones/|publisher=Goodman Theatre}}
• Two Ovation Awards and three nominations,{{cite web|title=Ovation Awards Presented Jan. 17; Josh Grisetti, T.R. Knight, Vicki Lewis Are Nominees|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/ovation-awards-presented-jan.-17-josh-grisetti-t.r.-knight-vicki-lewis-are--175258|website=Playbill.com}}
• Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award,
• San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award and two nominations,
• 2010 Garland Award{{cite web|title=2010 Garland Awards for Excellence in Southland Theater|url=http://www.backstage.com/news/2010-garland-awards-for-excellence-in-southland-theater/|website=Backstage.com}}
• Ticket Holder Award and a Chicago Stage Talk Award.{{cite web|title=TICKETHOLDER AWARDS 2009|date=13 January 2010 |url=http://entertainmenttoday.net/theater/taward/12864/2010/01/ticketholder-awards-2009-2-of-2/|publisher=Entertainment Today}}
• Received three nominations for Drama Desk Awards{{cite web|title=2013 Awards|url=http://www.dramadesk.org/awards}} and two nominations for Helen Hayes Award{{cite news|title=2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/2015-helen-hayes-awards-nominations/2015/01/26/c61a7610-a576-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html|newspaper=Washington Post}}
• Nominations for Henry Hewes Design Awards,{{cite web|title=THE TALLEST TREE IN THE FOREST|url=http://www.arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/productions/the-tallest-tree-in-the-forest/whos-who/|publisher=Arena Stage|access-date=2015-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065445/http://www.arenastage.org/shows-tickets/the-season/productions/the-tallest-tree-in-the-forest/whos-who/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} Barrymore Awards,{{cite web|title=Constant Star Wins Seven Barrymore Awards in Philly; Cy Coleman, Permanent Collection Also Honored|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/constant-star-wins-seven-barrymore-awards-in-philly-cy-coleman-permanent-co-122618|website=Playbill.com}} LA Weekly Theatre Awards,{{cite web|title=THE 29TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS: THE ROCK OPERA|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/the-29th-annual-la-weekly-theater-awards-the-rock-opera-2151973|publisher=LA Weekly}} Austin Critics Table Awards,{{cite web|title=Applause! Applause!|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2005-05-27/272482/|publisher=The Austin Chronicle|access-date=29 October 2015}} Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, AUDELCO Awards{{cite web|title=2012 "VIV" Nominees|url=http://www.audelco.net/2012vivnominees.html|website=Audelco.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816083044/http://audelco.net/2012vivnominees.html|archive-date=2013-08-16}} and NAACP Theatre Awards. Lindsay was the first composer/sound designer to win the Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award.{{cite web|title=Designers In Chicago: Lindsay Jones|url=http://www.theatreinchicago.com/news.php?articleID=546|publisher=Theater in Chicago}}{{cite web|title=Lindsay Jones|url=https://www.chicagoshakes.com/plays_and_events/lear/lindsayjones|publisher=Chicago Shakespeare Theater|access-date=29 October 2015}}

Lindsay was the singer/bassist/songwriter for the Chicago-based rock band The Nubile Thangs!, from 1990 - 2001. The band released 3 albums, toured extensively throughout the US and Canada, and appeared on an episode of the television show America's Most Wanted.{{cite web|title=THE NUBILE THANGS ARE GETTING AROUND|url=http://www.greensboro.com/the-nubile-thangs-are-getting-around/article_38b0b6fe-2b9a-582e-84ec-17071cceedc7.html|website=Greensboro News & Record|date=3 September 1992 }} The band also appeared on several episodes of The Jenny Jones Show.{{cite web|title=Episode Guide|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/jenny-jones/episodes/202353/37/|website=TV Guide}}

Lindsay appeared as Joe B Mauldin in the national Broadway tour of Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story in 1992-93.{{cite web|title=Looking For Sizzle In This Year's Fat|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930219/1686234/looking-for-sizzle-in-this-years-fat|website=Seattle Times}}

Along with composer/sound designer John Gromada, Lindsay was the creator of The Collaborator Party, which is a yearly event for the entire theatre-sound community that was sparked by the elimination of The Tony Awards for sound design.{{cite web|title=Lindsay Jones and John Gromada to Host 'Collaborator' Tony Night Party for Theatre Sound Community|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lindsay-Jones-and-John-Gromada-to-Host-Collaborator-Tony-Night-Party-for-Theatre-Sound-Community-20150421|website=Broadway World.com}}

He is a founding member and co-chair of the executive board of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) and co-founded The Collaborator Party with John Gromada.

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